determine

de-ter-mine · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To establish or discover something by calculation or research.

  2. 2.

    To cause something to occur in a particular way; to be the decisive factor.

  3. 3.

    To firmly decide.

Related words

Antonyms: hesitate, waver
See also: decide, determination, determined
Synonyms: ascertain, decide, establish, resolve, settle

Etymology

From Latin determinare meaning "to set bounds to, limit, define," from de- (completely) + terminare (to limit), from terminus (boundary, limit). First recorded in English in the 14th century.